• HILLSBOROUGH: TV show builds a local ‘Mancave’

    HILLSBOROUGH: TV show builds a local ‘Mancave’

    By John Patten, Managing Editor    Wolverton Lane resident Glenn Eilbacher used to have plenty of room in the house he shares with his wife, Michele, and three children.    But over time, he said, the outdoor shed became “an oversized toy box,” his home office was converted into a scrapbooking center and, well, there just wasn’t…

  • MANVILLE: Schools business administrator to retire

    MANVILLE: Schools business administrator to retire

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    After approximately 21 years as a business administrator and board secretary for school boards — with about nine spent in Manville — Richard Reilly will retire from his position in the Manville district.    The Board of Education unanimously accepted Mr. Reilly’s retirement at its June 30 meeting. The retirement is…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Rotary Fair to help fund local groups

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Proving once again that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” the Rotary Club will hold the Rotary Fair at the end of this month with minimal changes to an event that has attracted thousands of people every year.    The annual Rotary Fair – being held for the second time…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Workshop helps families cope with stress

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    With numerous families in the area dealing with stress related to the slumping economy, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and South Brunswick Social Services will be running a free seven-week program to help bring families together.    The Strengthening Families program is designed to help parents and children…

  • MANVILLE: Students on break have more choices in ABIS programs

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    With school out, ABIS’s summer program is open, offering students arts and crafts, games and sports. And after the success of last year’s summer camp programs, the organizers have extended this year’s camp an extra week.    ”I think the biggest way it helped students is that it helped to alleviate…

  • MANVILLE: Schools business administrator to retire

    MANVILLE: Schools business administrator to retire

    Richard Reilly, business secretary for the Manville school district, announced he will retire on Sept. 1. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Library program features blood, guts and gore

    HILLSBOROUGH: Library program features blood, guts and gore

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    One hand rose tentatively from the front row as Stephen Davis, a teacher of stage makeup and other aspects of drama production, asked who would like to be the first to be made up.    ”He will be the first contestant on bruise and ‘cut-your-face-up’,” Mr. Davis said excitedly as 11-year-old…

  • MONROE: A musical summer planned at Thompson Park

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks was in Thompson Park on Thursday, helping to kick off the Music in the Park summer concert series, which draws hundreds of spectators each year.    And as the summer moves forward, so does the lineup of great acts, said Joyce Weisberg, a commissioner for the…

  • CRANBURY PRESS: Things to do

    Friday, July 10     Art auction: Join the Monroe Township Public Library Foundation and Walltodo, Ltd., for an auction that includes fine framed original oils, signed and numbered limited editions, serigraphs, lithographs, sports memorabilia and more. Preview is 6 p.m., Auction at 7 p.m. Featured artists include Chagall, Tarkay, Burnett, Wooser-Scott, Wyeth, Rockwell and many more.…

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